Stephen Jennings

“Edmund P. Clowney wrote, “The Bible does not present an art of prayer; it presents the God of prayer.”
― Timothy Keller, Prayer: Experiencing Awe and Intimacy with God

“It is a proper and excellent thing for infinite glory to shine forth; and for the same reason, it is proper that the shining forth of God's glory should be complete; that is, that all parts of his glory should shine forth, that every beauty should be proportionably effulgent, that the beholder may have a proper notion of God.”
Thus it is necessary, that God's awful majesty, his authority and dreadful greatness, justice, and holiness, should be manifested. But this could not be, unless sin and punishment had been decreed; so that the shining forth of God's glory would be very imperfect, both because these parts of divine glory would not shine forth as the others do, and also the glory of his goodness, love, and holiness would be faint without them; nay, they could scarcely shine forth at all.”
― Jonathan Edwards, Works of Jonathan Edwards. Volume One and Two, Religious Affections, Freedom of the Will, Treatise on Grace, Select Sermons, David Brainerd and more

“When the Lord builds our house, it is but fitting that we should desire to see the Lord's house builded. Our goods are not truly good unless we promote by them the good of the Lord's chosen church.”
― Charles H. Spurgeon, The Essential Works of Charles Spurgeon

“We must not decide how to pray based on what types of prayer are the most effective for producing the experiences and feelings we want.”
― Timothy Keller, Prayer: Experiencing Awe and Intimacy with God